New Year

A few things I've noticed this past New Year over a little bottle of Korbel Champagne.

Some soundbites:

joyce: i don't know if i like champagne.

kyle: oh you've never had apple cider?

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jodi (pouring cup after cup): i'm thirsty, don't worry about it!

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It's the little things that I've learned to appreciate. It's not when I threw away 2010 (the calendar) that I realized. Or changed the name of the poorly-updated blog from The Spotlight to its current title.

We're all separate entities, disjointed and incongruent.

But there's something that holds a million fragments together. Unfortunately, it can't be in Toy Story-themed bandages. Though I hear they do help cover bruises.

Even in things seemingly small as that, it's times like these I don't forget.

The scholar David Lee once said, "live for those nights you don't remember with the people you won't forget."

And as hard as I did try on New Year's, I know I can't forget the millions of stories and memories that we share - and will share - in 2011 and beyond.